TO GUSSIE.

A SNOWFLAKE on her dimpled face,

As through the driving storm she trips,

Alights, and finds a resting-place

Right welcome, on her ruby lips.

And meeting there the perfect bliss,

That naught on earth can e'er alloy,

It melts to tears, steals one sweet kiss,

Then dies - for very joy.

And, dying on those pretty lips,

Where even death has lost its pain,

With failing breath their nectar sips,

Sighing for life to kiss again.

Spectator.THE Yale Freshman Football Association is in debt.

SENATOR WARREN MILLER is a graduate of Union College.

HOWELL, the photographer chosen by '82 at Yale, is giving entire satisfaction.

THE Princetonian says that the Harvard-Princeton game was the best of the season.

THE Freshmen have given up the idea of rowing the Harvard Freshmen. - Yale News.

AN article in the Providence Journal calls Cambridge entertainments Olympian feasts.

THE Glee Club, it is probable, will give a concert in New York about the 23d.

WHAT is the best way for a widower to forget his sorrow? To re-wive as quickly as possible. - Athenoeum.

THE managers of the Glee Club Assemblies are, E. H. Pendleton, '82; H. G. Chapin, '82; A. E. Miles, '82; and C. P. Perin, '83.

HARVARD HALL has no electric communication with the Observatory this year. The College is therefore run by Mr. Jones's watch.

THE next debate in the Harvard Union will turn upon the admission of Utah as a State. This will of course bring in the Mormon question, and the evening will be one of much interest.

THE first issue of Mr. King's new monthly will be published January 1. It is understood that it will appear in a form something like Harper's Weekly, though not illustrated. The price will be one dollar a year.

AT Madison the question lately under debate in the Debating Society, Resolved, That the marking system is detrimental to the best interests of the students, was decided in favor of the students. - Spectator.

1st Freshman to 2d diito. - "Did you get her photo while you were away?"

2d F. - Well-ah, the fact is, she gave me her negative." - Princetonian.

"MR. D., how would you translate 'nimium!" "Well, Professor, I should think it was about equivalent to the modern 'too, too.' - University Magazine.

THE latest method of making an oyster stew is to drive a couple of small oysters with rubber boots on through a pan of diluted milk. One of the boarding-houses in town has taken out a patent. The boys say that the stew is good and don't taste badly of the rubber. - Ex.

AN organized effort is being made by members of the Senior class to secure a liberal Christmas contribution for Billy. Each entry will be duly visited, and it is hoped the response will be generous.

THE Glee Club contemplates giving concerts at the following places, if halls can be procured, during its Western trip in the Christmas vacation : Cincinnati, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, Albany, and probably New York.

UNIVERSAL suffrage has been adopted in Greek 7. The section recently decided, by a two-thirds vote, to read Thucydides instead of Demosthenes during the latter part of the year. A motion to have a cut at the next recitation was adopted by a still larger majority.

A STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE FRESH-MAN CREW.

A GOOD deal has been said lately on the subject of the Freshmen rowing Yale, '85, and Cornell, besides the regular race with Columbia; and it seems as though the true state of affairs should be generally known. Under any circumstances it is very unlikely that our Freshmen would consent to row more than one race at the end of the year; they must row, under the present agreement, with Columbia on the Harlem, and, in the event of more than two crews contesting, the course is a poor one for a large regatta. The financial question puts a stop to any more extensive plans. The class this year is a small one, and the necessary outlay unusually large, so that there will undoubtedly be great difficulty even in meeting the ordinary demand for boats, oars, and coaching, to say nothing of travelling expenses and transportation. The amount of money so far subscribed indicates that the total amount will fall considerably short of what is required, and Freshmen are reminded that their crew this year demands their most generous support. The care with Yale would certainly be a novelty, but it would be a difficult thing to find a suitable course and accommodations, even if the Yale Freshmen should wish to row, which they do not. The consideration of a Cornell race involves the question still more, and, all things considered, it seems best that Harvard Freshmen, for this year at least, should confine themselves to a single intercollegiate race.